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THE STRENGTH OF ISLAM

One and Only God and follow the teachings of His Holy Prophets; they also forget that our King, the Emperor of India, rules over more Muslims than Christians. Sacerdotalism is responsible for this most regrettable state of affairs. According to the majority of those who profess and call themselves Christians, and attend the Christian churches, there can be no salvation without a belief in the "Divinity of Christ," "a certain way of thinking of the Trinity," "the Sacraments," "the Atonement," and "the Immaculate Conception," that is to say, a disbelief in the necessity for such a belief spells a punishment which cannot be exceeded in severity, and which places the earnest inquirer, the honest man, the doubter and the unbeliever, in the same dock with the most hardened blood stained criminal. And to call that "Religion"! What a travesty; what a reflection on the Almighty and All-Merciful and All-Wise!

Reason and Science.

There is nothing in Islam which is in any way revolting to our reason or our scientific discoveries, and I have been surprised and pleased in recent years to find so many people in